Elop notes that they selected Bing as a search partner, and chose Office 365 for cloud-based software.

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Kirk, 54, now a partner in the Dallas office of the Houston-based law firm Vinson and Elkins, was the first black mayor of Dallas, serving from 1995 to 2002.

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Woo's producing partner, Chang, says the need to prove box-office appeal has slowed Woo's creative progression from where he left off in Hong Kong.

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Gervais started his broadcasting career at XFM, where he has now returned to do a Saturday afternoon show with his writing partner Steven Merchant - who had one cameo as Oggmonster in The Office, for which his costume made him unrecognisable.

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Taking advantage of the tough legal jobs market, the firm will build a network of thousands of non-staff lawyers, says Peter Pantaleo, the managing partner of the New York office.

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Europe's longest-serving prime minister, Iceland's conservative leader, David Oddsson, won a general election but still needs to find a coalition partner (possibly the Progressives, as before) to extend his current 12-year span in office.

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